aalii

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English

aalii (Dodonaea viscosa)

Etymology

From Hawaiian ʻaʻaliʻi (“name of any of the hardwood shrubs of the genus Dodonaea”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑːˈliːiː/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ɑˈliˌi/

Noun

aalii (plural aaliis)

A bushy small tree, Dodonaea viscosa, native to Hawaii, Australia, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky leaves and dark wood.^[1]^[2]

Synonyms

akeake (New Zealand)

Translations

Dodonaea viscosa

Chamorro: lampuaye
Hawaiian: ʻaʻaliʻi, ʻaʻaliʻi-ku ma kua, ʻaʻaliʻi ku makani
Maori: akeake
Palauan: mesechelangel
Somali: xayramad
Spanish: chirca f
Tamil: விராலி (ta) (virāli)

References

Dodonaea viscosa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

^ Urdang, Laurence, (1984)
^ Morris, William, (1971)

William Morris, editor (1969 (1971 printing)), “aalii”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 1.
Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 , →ISBN), page 1

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